People
- A French surname
- Pierre Petit (1832–1909), French photographer
- Pierre Petit (scholar) (1617–1687), French scholar, medical writer, and poet
- Jean-Pierre Petit, a French scientist
- François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741), French anatomist
- Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist
- Philippe Petit (born 1949), French acrobat
- Roland Petit (1924–2011), French choreographer and dancer
- The surname for a prominent Parsi family of India, whose members include:
- Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Bt. (1823–1901), Indian industrialist
- His granddaughter Rattanbai Petit (1900–1929), wife of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
- The Petit Family, 2007 Connecticut home invasion and murder victims
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